Political Bands

It’s a presidential election year. Which means we have to deal with politics in the news a lot more than normal, and have been for the last year.

I love my right to vote. I exercise it every chance I get. I generally don’t get to vote in primaries because I’m not a registered anything, but I vote every November. I even voted in 2000 when I was out of the country.

I follow the candidates for the most part and I do my research on who stands on what side of the issues before I vote. But what I would love is to find one candidate who shares my views on all of the issues I think are important. I don’t think I’ve ever found one person who thought the way I do. And it can be frustrating when I’m doing research on candidates because the issues I think are important are not the issues they seem to think are important enough to take a stand on.

So what are the issues I think are important?

Morality. Yes, I want a moral politician. Marriage and abortion are issues I have strong feelings on. I’d like a politician who shares those feelings.

Education. Considering this is the area where my professional life lies, I have a LOT of opinions on this. Short answer – maybe it would be better to look at other posts where I’ve talked about education before.

Health Care – There are a lot of problems with the health care of this country. But there are also a lot of problems with the health care in the countries most politicians these days are looking at as something to copy. Why would we want to throw out our problems and start a system with a whole new set of problems?

Immigration – Yes we do need to work to make sure people enter this country legally. But that does not mean that people who are not citizens need to be treated like the scum that lives on the underside of a rock. The vast majority of this country is the result of immigration. But many people seem to think that if you hadn’t immigrated 100 years ago you missed the chance. How a politician speaks of people who aren’t citizens is a big thing for me.

Yes there are a lot of other political issues out there and I am interested in what the candidates have to say about those issues as well. But could they maybe address all of my issues at some point?